From upstate NY (no its not even close to NY city. Wrong side of the state).

From a prepping point of view, being "not even close to NY city" is the right side of the state....

Welcome aboard! One thing you're likely to notice is that, thankfully, this forum is very drama-resistant (there's no such thing as "drama-proof" wherever or whenever people interact, but this forum's culture comes reasonably close). Other than spammers, if I counted on my fingers the number of former forum members I've seen banned in over two years of my participation here, I would have digits left on the first hand I used.

American parachutists...devils in baggy pants...are less than 100 meters from my outpost line. I can't sleep at night; they pop up from nowhere and we never know when or how they will strike next. Seems like the black-hearted devils are everywhere....

That's why I love this forum! I write for a major tech blog for a living, and I shudder whenever I read the comments to my post. At least doing so has given me a very thick skin, but it also makes me fearful of the mentality of those who spew such venom. This forum is like a quiet oasis of cool rationality in the midst of a firestorm of hatred.